Epitaph tablet of Prince Yuan Mi, 524 CE

Description

Black limestone epitaph tablet of Prince Yuan Mi of Henan province, China. From the tablet's description on artsmia.org : "This epitaph tablet, a testament to the art of Chinese calligraphy, consists of three basic parts: (1) the official title of Prince Zheng Qing, who was uncle to the ninth ruler of Wei, Emperor Zheng Guang (520-524); (2) the Imperial eulogy and memorial decree, composed by his nephew the Emperor; (3) the date of the burial, the third day of the second month in the fifth year of Zheng Guang (524 CE)." More about the tablet here: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/739/epitaph-cover-of-prince-yuan-mi-china A model of Yuan Mi's sarcophagus: https://skfb.ly/6tE7S And the epitaph cover: https://skfb.ly/6tEry Scanned with about 30 four-year-old 20-magapixel photos, processed in Photoscan